Great Car But look After It (Alfa Romeo 164)

Member Name: Robert48

Product:	Alfa Romeo 164
Date:	05/06/01 (388 review reads)
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Advantages: Lovely Car to Drive, Leather Interior

Disadvantages: Can use the Fuel, Watch the parts costs

I bought a 3 year old high mileage M Reg 164 Lusso back in 1997. The first decent car I'd owned. Before then I'd run a clapped out Mini a Reliant Scimitar (Great Car) and a Golf. The Alfa is Luxury. So far I've only had 2 major problems. The Rear sub frame was found to be corroding badly after a year. This was surprising as the rest of the car showed no signs of corrosion. The subframe appear to have been unpainted when fitted.

Alfa were not too helpful and their main dealer in Edinburgh was dreadful. The upshot was a bill for £136.00 for the parts and £202.00 for labour. Since then I have found a specialist Alfa man and although not cheap he can be trusted.

Other things to watch for are the Lambda Sensor used by the engine management unit for analysing CO2 emisions. That's £92.00 and about £36.00 labour. New Good Spark plug leads are £100.00. A Radiator is £142.00, mine got a stone through it ! Rear Suspension bushes are £25.00 the pair. Front Brake Discs are £118.00 the pair.

To sum up. You can get these cars cheaply now, much to my regret ! BUT be prepared to pay out to keep them in top condition.

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